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					<div class="Header"><h1>Facility Tour</h1></div>
					<div class="Header">The Poustinia</div>
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									A Hunger for Solitude...
									<p align="right">A Hunger for Prayer...</p>
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									<p class="TableCat">The Poustinia Yesterday... A little history</p>
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											A hermitage is a place where one may go, to find solitude and peace.
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											Although there were probably Christian solitaries before his time, a
											little-known Egyptian named Paul was the first to popularize the eremitic
											(religious recluse) way of life.
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											At the beginning of the fourth century, this life was one of the standard
											ways, especially in the East, in which Christian contemplation and
											self-denial expressed itself.
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											In the West, the rule of St. Benedict provided for the exceptional case
											of the ascetic who might be permitted to become a solitary.
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											In Russian, the word for hermitage is <font color="#000099">Poustinia.</font>
											This word and this custom was introduced into North America by Baroness Catherine
											de Hueck Doherty, a modern-day contemplative.
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									<p class="TableCat">The Poustinia Today...</p>
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											Because of our modern technological and industrial civilization, 
											it is increasingly difficult to find God in this world of ours.
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											The <font color="#000099">Poustinia</font> at the Redemptorist Retreat Center is 
											a place where God can be discovered.
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											The <font color="#000099">Poustinia</font> can mean a truly isolated, lonely place to go as
											a hermit and encounter God in solitude, silence and prayer.
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									<p class="TableCat">Accommodations...Peaceful &amp; Comfortable</p>
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										The <font color="#000099">Poustinia</font> is furnished and equipped for comfortable
										but modest, independent short term living. It features:
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											Kitchenette with utensils
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											Full bathroom</font>
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											Living room
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											Bedroom with linens
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											Heated and air-conditioned
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										<a href="poustinia_inside.asp">Click here for an interior view of the Poustinia.</a>
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										<a href="poustinia_outside.asp">Click here for an exterior view of the Poustinia.</a>
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									<p class="TableCat">Availability</p>
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											Limited to only one person at a time
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											Limited to those who desire to encounter God in a retreat setting in complete
											silence and solitude.
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									<p class="TableCat">Reservations</p>
									<p>Reservations	required in advance. For more information please call the
										Retreat	Center.
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